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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN 
by ; 
Jan VERMEER OF DELFT 


1632-1675 
Panel, 74x 9% 


Signed, with monogram, on tapestry background at upper left: I 
Painted on the back of the panel: 


PORTRAIT par MEER (Van der) 
de DELFT 


Described: “Gazette des Beaux-Arts,” 1866, Tome 2, page 567. 


Catalogued: “Jan Vermeer of Delft,” by Philip L. Hale, Boston, 


1913, page 359. Sale Catalogue of the Collection of M. La- 
fontaine, Paris, 1822, No. 28. 


Reproduced: “La Revue de l’Art for May, 1925, facing page 
324, and described in an article entitled “Un tableau inconnu de 
Vermeer: La Jeune femme au Chapeau Rouge,” by P. Laval- 
lee, Conservateur du Musee et de la Bibliotheque de l’Ecole 
Natitonale des Beaux-Arts, pages 323-4. 


Collections: Monsieur Lafontaine, of Paris; General the Baron 
Atthalin, of Colmar, who bequeathed it to his grandson, Mr. 
Laurent Atthalin; Baroness Laurent Atthalin. 


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LANDSCAPE: EVENING EFFECTI—THE FLIGHT 


INTO EGYPT 
by 
ALBERT Cuyp 
1620-1691 
Panel, 3554 X 27 Signed at lower left: “A. Cuyp” 


Described: ‘Treasures of Art in Great Britain,” by Dr. Waagen, 
1854, Volume II, page 110; “Memoirs of Painting,” by W. 
Buchanan, 1824, Volume II, pages 321-3. 


Catalogued and Described: “Catalogue Raisonne of Dutch, 
Flemish and French Painters,” by John Smith, 1834, Volume 
V, number 132, page 320; “Catalogue of Dutch Painters,” by 
C. Hofstede de Groot, 1909, Volume II, number 409. 


Exhibited: British Institution, 1819, number 105. 


Collections: Servad, of Amsterdam; Stanislaus II, last King of 
Poland; Prince de Talleyrand, Hotel de Talleyrand, Paris, 
1817; Alexander Baring, Esq., afterwards Lord Ashburton, of 
the Grange, Alresford; Alfred de Rothschild, Esq., of Halton 
Manor and London. 








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PORTRAIT OF A MAN 
by 
Frans Hats 


1580-1666 


Panel, 1834x2534 Signed with monogram lower right: “FH” 
Painted about 1645 


Catalogued: “Catalogue of Dutch Painters,” by Hofstede de 
Groot, 1910, Volume III, page 83, number 290. 


Reproduced: “rans Hals,” Klassiker der Kunst, by W. R. Val- 
entiner, 1921, page 211, and on page 327. Inthe 1923 edition 
it is reproduced on page 224 and catalogued page 320, number 
224, and on page 327. “Die Cicerone,” February, 1923, in an 
article by O. Hirschmann on the Preyer Collection. 


Mentioned: Annual Report of Frans Hals Museum for the year 
1919, where it is described. 


Exhibited: Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, July-October, 1919, 
lent by A. Preyer. 


Collections: James Simon, Berlin; A. Preyer, The Hague. 


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THE SALUTATION 
by 
REMBRANDT 


1606-1669 


Oak panel, 187% x 22% arched top 

Signed and dated in center, on lowest step: “Rembrandt 1640” 
Engraved by J. Burnet, 1813, for Fosters “British Gallery” 
Etched by P. J. Arendzen 


Described: “Catalogue Raisonne of Dutch Painters,” by J. Smith, 
1836, Volume VII, number 57; “Treasures of Art in Great 
Britain,” by Dr. Waagen, London, 1854, Volume I], page 165; 
“Rembrandt,” by C. Vosmaer, The Hague, 1877, on page 212, 
also catalogued on page 522; “Rembrandt,” by E. Michel, 
London, 1903, page 204, also catalogued on page 434; “Cata- 
logue of Dutch Painters,” by H. de Groot, Volume VI, page 
63, number 74. 


Reproduced: “Rembrandt,” by W. Bode, Paris, 1900, Volume 
IV, plate 241, catalogued under number 72, described page 10; 
“Tes Arts,” January, 1905, page 7, mentioned in article on 
“Collection of Duc de Westminster a Grosvenor House,” by 
Langton Douglas, page 4; “Rembrandt,” by A. Rosenberg- 
Klassiker der Kunst, 1909, page 224, mentioned page 556; 
“Rembrandt,” by R. C. Neumann, Munich, 1922, Volume I, 
facing page 221, mentioned page 221; ‘“Rembrandt’s Paint- 
ings,” by D. W. Meldrum, 1923, plate ccxx, mentioned page 
194; “Die Niederlandischen Maler des Ziebzehn Jahrhunderts 


Propylaen-Kunstgeschicte,” Berlin, 1923, page 184; ‘‘Cata- 
logue of Grosvenor House,” by J. Young, 1921, number 122, 
mentioned in preface, catalogued number 122 ‘Practical Hints 
on Composition in Painting,” by John Burnet (1822, 1828) 
plate 9, figure 2, mentioned on page 28. 


Catalogued: “Tableaux et Dessins de Rembrandt,” by E. Dutuit, 


Paris, 185, page 49, mentitoned page 59, number 45, page 67, 
number 45. 7 


Mentioned: “Kugler’s German, Flemish and Dutch Schools of 
Painting,” by Sir J. A. Crowe, London, 1898, Volume II, page 
370; “Rembrandt and His Work,” by M. Bell, London, 1899, 
page 72, catalogued page 152. 


Exhibited: British Institution, 1834, number 114; Royal 
Academy, Old Masters Exhibition, 1870, number 36; Royal 
Academy, Old Masters Exhibition, 1895, number 88; Royal 
Academy, 1899, number 52; Rembrandt Exhibition, Amster- 
dam, 1898, number 45; Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp, The 
Hague, 1925, number 41. 


Collections: The King of Sardinia; Prince Eugene of Savoy, 
Vienna; The Marquess, afterwards Duke of Westminster, of 
Grosvenor House, London; Alfred de Rothschild, Esq., of 
Halton Manor, and Seamore Place, London. 


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PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN 
by 
Frans Hats 


1 580-1666 
Canvas, 354% xX 413% 


Reproduced: “Frans Hals,” by W. Bode, Volume II, plate 171, 
and catalogued number 262, and again on page 41; “Frans 
Hals” Klassiker der Kunst, by W. R. Valentiner, Berlin, 1921, 
page 229; catalogued page 320, number 229. 


Catalogued: “Catalogue of Dutch Painters,” by Hofstede de 
Groot, 1910, Volume III, number 396, page 114; “Frans 
Hals, Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre,” by E. W. Moes, Brussells, 1909, 
page 105, number 118. 


From the collection of Count Maurice Zamoyski, Warsaw. 








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INTERIOR WITH A WOMAN NURSING A CHILD 
by 
PIETER DE Hoocu 


1629-1677 
Canvas, 2134 x 2614 Signed: “P, de Hooch” 


From the collection of Ronald Brakespeare, Henley, England. 


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INTERIOR 
by 
PIrETER DE Hoocu 


1629-1677 
Canvas, 2858 x 33% 


Catalogued and Described: “Smith’s Catalogue Raisonne,” 1833, 
Volume IV, page 240, number 65, and in the supplement, 
1842, page 569, number 18; “Catalogue of Dutch Painters,” 
by Hofstede de Groot, 1907, Volume I, page 492, number 61. 


Reproduced and Catalogued: Montgermont Catalogue, 1919, 
page 133, number 194; “Der Cicerone,” February, 1923, page 
133, and mentioned in an article by O. Hirschmann, “Die 
Sammlung A. Preyer im Haag.” . 


Collections: Piet Calkoen, Amsterdam; J. M. Quinkhardt, 
Amsterdam; Paul van Romondt, Amsterdam; J. G. Voight, 
Amsterdam; Chaplin, London; J. A.Tardieu, Paris; De Reus, 
The Hague; M. Leboeuf de Montgermont, Paris; A. Preyer, 
The Hague. 


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LE VILLAGE SOUS LA NIEGE 


by 
Jan Van DE CAPPELLE 
1624-1679 
Canvas, 2352 x 191% Signed at lower left with monogram 


Reproduced and Catalogued: ‘Collection of Pictures of the late 
Herr A. de Ridder,” by Wilhelm Bode, Berlin, 1913, plate 
and number 63; also mentioned on page 15; “One Hundred 
Paintings by Old Masters,” Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1900, number 5. 


Catalogued: “Catalogue Raisonne,” by C. Hofstede de Groot, 
Volume VII, page 199, number 145. 


Collections: Leopold Goldschmidt, Paris; George Salting, Lon- 
don; Colonel Hankey, London; Adolphe Schloss, Paris; A. 
de Ridder, Schonberg, near Cronberg. 


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A VIEW ON THE BANKS OF THE MAAS 
by 
ALBERT Cuyp 


1620-1691 
Panel, 293% x 19% Signed lower right: “A. Cuyp” 


Exhibited: British Institution, London, 1821, number 10; Brit- 
ish Institution, London, 1832, number 58. 


Catalogued: “Catalogue Raisonne,” by John Smith, 1834, Vol- 

ume V, page 303, number 69; “‘Catalogue of Dutch Painters,” 
by Hofstede de Groot, 1909, Volume II, page 102, number 
335; “Le Tresor de la Curiosite,”? by M. Charles Blanc, 1858, 
Volume II, page 186. 


Reproduced: “Work of Art in the Collection of Alfred de Roths- 
child,” 1884, Volume I, number 2. 


Collections: Claude Tolozan, 1801; Charles Hanbury Tracy, 
1834; Alfred de Rothschild; Rt. Hon. Almina Countess of 
Carnarvon. 


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PORTRAIT OF AN OLD MAN 


by 
REMBRANDT 
1606-1669 
Panel, 742 x 9% Painted about 1640 


Catalogued: “Tableaux et Dessins de Rembrandt,” by E. Dutuit, 
Paris, 1885, pages 63 and 68, number 308; “Catalogue Rai- 
sonne,” by Hofstede de Groot, 1916, Volume VI, number 365a. 


Reproduced: “Rembrandt Wiedergefundene Gemalde 1910- 
1920,” by W. R. Valentiner (Klassiker der Kunst) 1921, page 
51, catalogued page XX, number 55a; “‘Klassiker der Kunst 
1910-1922,” by W. R. Valentiner, 1923, page 58, catalogued 
page xxv, number 63; “Der Cicerone,” February, 1923, page 
128; described in the article entitled “Die Sammlung A. Preyer 
im Haag,” by O. Hirshmann, page 129. 


Exhibited: Berlin, 1914, number 128. 


Collections: Duke of Sutherland, of Stafford House, St. James’s, 
S.W.; Carl von Hollitscher, of Berlin; Mr. Mandelbaum, 
Grunewald; Mr. A. Preyer, of The Hague. 


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THE GAME OF SKITTLES 
by 
PIETER DE Hoocu 


1629-1681 
Canvas, 25 x 291% 


Exhibited: British Institution, London, 1847, number 127; lent 
by J. Stuart. 


Catalogued: Smith’s “Catalogue Raisonne,” Volume IV, page 
237, number 58. 


Collections: Mr. Emmerson, 1829; James Stuart, Esq., 1850. 


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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL 
by 
Pautus MoreEE.LsE 


1571-1638 


Oval panel, 1934 x 2534 


Reproduced: “Die Cicerone,” February, 1923, page 131; men- 
tioned in the article entitled “(Die Sammlung A. Preyer im 
Haag,” by O. Hirschmann, page 130. 


Collections: This picture remained in the collection of the family 
of the above child, for whom the artist painted the portrait, 
until 1918, when it was purchased by A. Preyer, of The Hague. 


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A YOUNG GIRL STANDING IN A ROOM 
by 
REMBRANDT 


1606-1669 
Panel, 14x 16% Painted about 1630 Etched by Laguillermie 


Exhibited: Berlin, 1890, number 219; Berlin, 1909, number 
113; Amsterdam, 1898, number 14. 


Reproduced and Catalogued: “Rembrandt,” by Bode, Volume I, 
number 53; “Catalogue of 300 Paintings by Old Masters,” 
Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris, 1893, number 119; “Rembrandt,” 
Klassiker der Kunst, page 52; “Ausstellung von werken Alter 
Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz der Mit glieder des Kaiser Fried- 
rich Museums-Vereins,” Berlin, January-March, 1906, plate 
14, catalogue number 107. 


Catalogued: “L’?Oeuvre Complet de Rembrandt,” by Dutuit, 
1881-85, page 19; “Rembrandt,” by Michel, French edition, 
page 551; English edition, page 439; “Catalogue Raisonne,” 
by Dr. Hofstede de Groot, Volume VI, number 847. 


Mentioned: Bode, in the “Jahrbuch der Koniglichen Preussischen 
Kunstsammlungen,” 1890, Volume XI, page 207. 


Collections: Six, Amsterdam; Dr. Leroy d’Etoilles, Paris; 
Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris; Posonyi, Vienna; James Simon, 
Berlin. 








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A MAN READING 
by 
REMBRANDT 


1606-1669 


2212 x 291%4 Signed and dated, lower right, above the book: 
“Rembrandt f. 1645” 


Reproduced: “Burlington Magazine, Volume 36, May, 1920, 
page 209, with an article by Dr. Bredius entitled “An Un- 
known Masterpiece by Rembrandt”; “Gazette des Beaux 
Arts,” April, 1921, page 215, with an article by Dr. Bredius 
entitled “Trois Tableaux de Rembrandt peu connue”; “Alt- 
Hollandische Bilder,” by Dr. W. Martin, Berlin, 1921, page 
85, mentioned on pages 82-83; “Rembrandt-Wiedergefundene 
Gemalde-Klassiker der Kunst,” Stuttgart and Berlin, 1921, 
page S 56, mentioned page XX; “Zeitschreft fur Bildende 
Kunst,” numbers 7-8, 1921. | 


Catalogued: Smith’s “Catalogue Raisonne of Dutch Painters,” 
1836, number 156 or 380 or 4753; Hofstede de Groot’s “Cata- 
logue Raisonne of Rembrandt’s Works,” 1916, number 246a or 


2490 OF 255. 


From the collection of Comte de Demandolx-Dedons, of Mar- 
seille, who purchased the picture from his cousin’s estate after 
her death. 


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A HALT OF CAVALIERS 
by 
ALBERT Cuyp 


1620-1691 
Panel, 29 x 18 Signed lower left: “A. Cuyp” 


Catalogued and Described: Smith’s “Catalogue Raisonne,” 1834, 
Part V, page 303, number 66. 


Reproduced and Catalogued: ‘Works of Art forming the Col- 
lection of Alfred de Rothschild,” 1884, Volume I, number 12. 


Exhibited: Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1886, 
number 60. 


Collections: Claude Tolozan, Paris; Duchess de Berri; Alfred 
de Rothschild; The Right Hon. Almina Countess of Car- 


narvon. 


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KITCHEN MAID 
by 
GABRIEL MeErsu 


1629-1667 
Canvas, 1348 x 1534 Signed upper left: “G. Metsu” 


Catalogued and Described: Smith’s “Catalogue Raisonne Sup- 
plement,” 1842, page 521, number 17; Hofstede de Groot, 
“Catalogue of Dutch Painters,” 1907, Volume I, page 290, 
number 128. 


Reproduced: Montgermont Catalogue, Paris, 1919, page 137, 
number 197. 


Collections: The Princess Augustine de Nassau, Countess of Bis- 
mark, Carlsruhe; M. V. der Schrieck, of Louvain; M. Viardot, 
Paris; M. Nieuwenhuys, London; M. Leboeuf de Montger- 
mont, Paris; M. A. Preyer, The Hague. 


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THE FARMYARD 
by 
Mernpverrt Hosppema 


1638-1709 
Canvas, 26 X 34 | Signed in full, lower right 


Catalogued and Described: Wotstede de Groot Catalogue of 
Dutch Painters, 1912, Volume IV, page 362, number 28; 
Smith’s “Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of Dutch Painters,” 
London, 1835, Volume VI, page 128, number 52. 


Described: Emil Michel’s “Hobbema,” page 49. 
Mentioned: Redford’s “Art Sales,” Volume II, 1888, page 299. 
Exhibited: British Institution, London, 1818, number 84. 


Collections: J. Reynders, Brussels; G. W. Taylor, London; 
Nieuwenhuys, London; Herris, London; H. M. Leopold II, 
King of the Belgians; A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort- 
on-Main. 


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SEA-PIECE: VIEW OFF THE DUTCH COAST 
by 
Jan Van DE CAPPELLE 


1624-1679 
Canvas, 3914 x 31% Signed at lower left: “J. V. Cappelle” 


Collection of Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bart., of South Africa; 
formerly of Dudley House, Park Lane, London. 


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WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH WATER 
by 
MEINDERT HoBBEMA 


1638-1709 
Panel, 33 X 23% Signed at lower right: “M. Hobbema” 


Catalogued: “Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the most 
Eminent Dutch Painters of the 17th Century,” by Dr. C. Hof- 
stede de Groot, Volume IV, page 381, No. 84. 


Collections: C. Dormer, Esq., London, 1889; Mrs. Joseph, 
London. 


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BLEACHING GROUND, HAARLEM 
by 
J. RuyspaEL 


1628-1682 
24 X 21 


Exhibited: Royal Academy “Old Masters,” 1891, No. 77. 


Collections: Mrs. Josephs, London; J. H. Dunn, Esq. 


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THE LETTER 
by 
Jan STEEN 


1626-1679 
Signed “J. Steen” above the doorway 


Catalogued: C. Hofstede de Groot’s ‘Catalogue Raisonne of 
Dutch Painters of the 17th Century,” 1907, page 12, number 
15, under the title “A Woman Bringing a letter from David 
to Bathsheba”; Benezit’s “Dictionaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, 
Graveurs,” 1923, Volume III, page 828; Wurzbach’s “‘Nieder- 
landisches Kunstler-Lexikon,” 1910, Volume II, page 658. 


Mentioned: “Art of Vienna Galleries,” by David C. Preyer, 
page 238. 


Exhibited: Winter Exhibition of Old Masters, Burlington 
House, 1878, number 123, under the title “The Billet Doux”; 
lent by Viscount Powerscourt. 


Collections: J. Enschede, Haarlem; The Widow of B. de Bosche, 
Amsterdam; Lord Powerscourt of Powerscourt, co. Wicklow; 
John II, Prince of Liechtenstein Duke of Troppau and Jagern- 
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YOUNG. GIRL WIDEDVAD EEE Te 
by 
Jan VERMEER OF DELFY 


1632-1675 
Panel, 7x 77% 


This picture was discovered by Dr. Abraham Bredius in 1906, 
in the house of Jonkheer de Grez, Brussels. 


Exhibited: On loan at the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, 
1907; on loan at the Pinakothek, Munich, 1921. 


Reproduced and Catalogued: “Jan Vermeer of Delft and Carel 
Fabritius,” by Dr. C. Hofstede de Groot, Amsterdam, 1909, 


number 42. 


Reproduced: Burlington Magazine, July, 1921, Volume 29; 
article by R. R. Tatlock entitled “Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a 
Flute’,” pages 28-33; “Vermeer de Delft,” by Gustave Van- 
zype, facing page 34 and catalogued there on page 97, men- 
tioned on pages 32, 41, 42, in a large edition of the same work 
published in 1921, is reproduced opposite page 16 and men- 
tioned on pages 25, 31, 32 and 72; “L?Art Flamand et Hol- 
landais,” July, 1906, there is an article by W. Martin on this 
picture; “Jan Vermeer of Delft,” by Philip L. Hale, Boston, 
1913, opposite page 254, and catalogued on page 264, and 
mentioned on pages 244, 373; “Masterpieces of De Hooch and 
Vermeer,” New York, page 45. 


Catalogued: “Catalogues of Dutch Painters,” by Dr. C. Hof- 
stede de Groot, London, 1907, Volume I, page 591, number 
29d; “Vermeer,” by Georges Dreyfous, Paris, 1912, page 
29; “Niederlandisches Kunstler-Lexikon,” by Wurzbach, 
Volume II, page 776. 


Mentioned: “Vermeer of Delft,” by A. E. Gallatin, in an 
article in The American Magazine of Art for August, 1917, 
page 389, catalogued on page 390, number 19; “Le Sphinx,” 
by Pierron, an article in the “Nepture” of Antwerp of May 1, 
1921. 


Collections: Jan Mahie van Boxtel en Liempde, of Bois-le-Duc, 
Holland; Madame Maria de Grez, of Brussels; Jonkheer de 
Grez, of Brussels; August Janssen, of Amsterdam. 





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